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Auteur(s) : Ingle, H. Larry (1936-....)
Titre(s) : Nixon's first cover-up [Texte imprimé] : the religious life of a Quaker president / H. Larry Ingle
Publication : Columbia (Mo.) : University of Missouri, copyright 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-272 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 221-266. Index
Have you ever thought you completely knew a story, inside and out, only to see some
new information that shatters what you had come to accept as unquestioned fact? Well,
Richard Nixon is that story, and Nixon's First Cover-up is that new information. With
few exceptions, the religious ideologies and backgrounds of U.S. presidents is a topic
sorely lacking in analysis. H. Larry Ingle seeks to remedy this situation regarding
Nixon -- one of the most controversial and intriguing of the presidents. Ingle delves
more deeply into Nixon's Quaker background than any previous scholar to observe the
role Nixon's religion played in his political career. Nixon's unique and personally
tailored brand of evangelical Quakerism stayed hidden when he wanted it to, but was
on display whenever he felt it might help him advance his career in some way. Ingle's
unparalleled knowledge of Quakerism enables him to deftly point out how Nixon bent
the traditional rules of the religion to suit his needs or, in some cases, simply
ignored them entirely. This theme of the constant contradiction between Nixon's actions
and his apparent religious beliefs makes Nixon's First Cover-up truly a groundbreaking
study both in the field of Nixon research as well as the field of the influence of
religion on the U.S. presidency. Forty years after Nixon's resignation from office,
Ingle's work proves there remains much about the thirty-seventh president that the
American public does not yet know. - Publisher ; Nixon's unique and personally tailored
brand of evangelical Quakerism stayed hidden when he wanted it to, but was on display
whenever he felt it might help him advance his career in some way. Ingle's unparalleled
knowledge of Quakerism enables him to deftly point out how Nixon bent the traditional
rules of the religion to suit his needs or, in some cases, simply ignored them entirely.
This theme of the constant contradiction between Nixon's actions and his apparent
religious beliefs makes Nixon's First Cover-up truly a groundbreaking study both in
the field of Nixon research as well as the field of the influence of religion on the
U.S. presidency. Forty years after Nixon's resignation from office, Ingle's work proves
there remains much about the thirty-seventh president that the American public does
not yet know
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Religious life of a Quaker president
- Autre forme du titre : Nixon's 1st cover-up
Sujet(s) : Nixon, Richard M. (1913-1994) -- Religion
Quakers -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1969-1974
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.924 092 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1969-1974 - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780826220424 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471275274
Notice n° :
FRBNF47127527
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Richard Nixon's Evangelical Quaker Heritage ; Quaker Upbringing, to 1934 ; A Pivotal
Decision: Nixon and the Military ; Two Friends and a friend ; First Quaker Vice
President ; A Quaker and a Roman Catholic for President, Again ; The Wilderness
Years, 1962-1968 ; Power Corrupts Gradually ; Withdrawal from Vietnam ; Nixon's
Need for Religion ; Watergate: The White House Warp ; Nixon in Retirement, 1974-1994.
